This morning (04 Feb 2010) I walked to the Stewart Park ice shelf. I saw only the usual 3 gull species. Ducks included several GADWALL near East Shore Park; one male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER displaying vigorously in a small and more sedate group of 3 male and 1 female COMMON MERGANSERS toward the middle of the south end of the lake; a relatively small flock of REDHEADS north of East Shore Park and another more extensive flock near the west shore. I first heard the hoarse voice, then saw the HYBRID GOOSE among a small group of CANADA GEESE flying overhead. Impressed by the eerie moaning noises from the ice, as well as the number and apparent newness of the cracks, I opted not to try to walk over Fall Creek and Cayuga Inlet directly to Treman Marine Park. In Renwick Sanctuary I found one GREAT HORNED OWL dozing, likely incubating, in the far left side ot the cavity. On Third Street Extension near Andrée Petroleum I found a perched PEREGRINE FALCON. It was cooperative enough that I could photograph it, but I think it had moved on by the time I walked back to the Cass Park side of the water, and I think I could not have seen it from my yard anyway. --Dave Nutter
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